Ron Johnson defeated Russ Feingold in Wisconsin earlier this week. Feingold had been the sponsor of the Arbitration Fairness Act for years. I’ve now spent (read: wasted) a good amount of time on the web, trying to figure out what Ron Johnson’s position might be on the AFA and other ADR-related measures. I have some … Continue reading The Arbitration Fairness Act’s Sponsor
This month’s Harvard Magazine profiles social psychologist Ann Cuddy, who teaches at Harvard Business School, and writes about two critical values in how people perceive and categorize others–warmth and competence. Sound familiar? As the article notes, “Warmth–does this person feel warm or cold to me?–is the first and most important interpersonal perception. It no doubt has roots in … Continue reading The Psyche on Automatic
Eizabeth Dunn (University of British Columbia), Dan Gilbert (Harvard), and Timothy Wilson (Virginia) have posted a study of money and happiness that, in addition to being just plain fascinating, may contain useful insights for our field. Some of the more interesting findings: People tend to be more happy when they are mentally focused on what … Continue reading Money and Happiness
In the upcoming show, Fairly Legal, a young lawyer leaves the practice of law and, as the promo says, “thanks to her innate understanding of human nature, thorough legal knowledge, and wry sense of humor, Kate is a natural when it comes to dispute resolution.” I definitely like that dispute resolution experts are recognized as both … Continue reading Mediation TV–“Fairly Legal”
Today is the first day of interviews at the AALS Faculty Recrutiment Conference in Washington DC. The schools that are hiring in the ADR area, at least the ones I’ve heard about are: Florida State Harvard (2 spots in the Mediation and Negotiation Clinic) Maryland Missouri Some of the announcements have been posted before here, here, … Continue reading Good Luck All Aspiring ADR LawProfs
Professor Richard Reuben from the University of Missouri-Columbia sent this update and link: For those who expressed interest in reading symposium papers or watching a webcast of the ADR and Rule of Law symposium, these resources are now available on the symposium web site http://law.missouri.edu/csdr/symposium/rol/webcast.html
Last week, the Washington Post had an article on its blog with this title reviewing the depressing research that women “don’t ask” at the same rate as men and exploring why this might be so. After all, as the author notes, women are negotiating every day at home–why do we choose not to do this … Continue reading Why do women hate negotiating? (and why I hate writing this….again)
On Friday, the Carey Center for Dispute Resolution at St. John’s will host a program titled Reaching Acc[h]ord: Resolving Disputes over Music Downloading. The program will bring together several of the protagonists in the recent dramas over music downloading, including BU student Joel Tenenbaum (hit with a $600,000 judgment for illegal downloading—later reduced to $60,000) … Continue reading Resolving Disputes Over Music Downloading
Almost two decades ago, in what feels like a different lifetime, I did some work with folks who were focusing on questions of how best to teach productive conflict management skills to school-age children. I confess that some shiny object or another distracted me from that inquiry, and I haven’t spent much time thinking about … Continue reading ADR and Bullying
On November 1, 2010, the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution and the JAMS Foundation will sponsor a symposium: “Energy and the Environment: Preventing and Resolving Conflicts.” It will be at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York. The event is divided into three main topics: Alternatives to Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas Drilling … Continue reading Symposium on Energy and Environmental Conflict Resolution
